Why Did Turkey Ratify Finland’s but Not Sweden’s NATO Bid?
If Sweden, like Finland, abides by Turkey’s red lines, it also can achieve a tangible gain on the way to NATO membership.
Opinion
Who Has the Right to Make a Constitution?
Notwithstanding the significance of debates around the content and the wording of a constitution the question of who has the…
Russia in Syria
In the last five years Russia has been a keen supporter of Bashar Assad and eventually, decided to intervene militarily…
ISIL: Horror and Terror Revisited
ISIL is a modern phenomenon and it is in many ways not different from fascism or communism which for a…
Turkey’s Settlement Process: Back to the Original Positions?
The post-2013 process of settlement created a plural political environment conducive to the elaboration of all political options for the…
Why “November 13th” can not and should not become a French “9/11”
Donald Trump’s recent call to block all Muslim Foreigners from entering the United States is a disturbing sign that Islamophobia…
The Syrian Crisis and Turkey-EU Relations
Refugee crisis is putting the EU into a difficult position for two main reasons: the number of the refugees keeps…
Downing of the Russian Jet, the Syrian Civil War and Turkish-Russian Relations
Russia’s heavy military intervention in Syria in the Fall of 2015 can be interpreted as part of a broader escalation…
